4th victim dies after gunman attacks in suburban Chicago

Authorities say 61-year-old woman became the fourth person to die in a series of shootings this month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a police shootout

CHICAGO – A 61-year-old woman has become the fourth person to die in a series of shootings this month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a commuter police shootout, authorities said on Sunday.

Marta Torres, a woman from Evanston who had been in critical condition for a week after being shot in an IHOP, died in a hospital on Saturday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. His autopsy was scheduled for Sunday.

Police say Jason Nightengale, 32, of Chicago, shot seven people in a series of attacks on January 9 over a period of about four hours. Most of the attacks took place on the south side of Chicago before Nightengale traveled to Evanston, just north of the city, where he shot Torres before officers killed him in a shootout. The victims were between 15 and 81 years old.

Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the killings, which they described as random. Nightengale posted many disturbing and absurd short videos on Facebook before the murders. In one, he brandishes a pistol; in another, he threatened to “blow up the whole community”.

The other three people who were killed were Yiran Fan, a 30-year-old Chinese student at the University of Chicago, Anthony Faulkner, 20, and security guard Aisha Nevell, 46.

Updated conditions for the other three injured, a 15-year-old girl, a 77-year-old woman and an 81-year-old woman, were not immediately available.

Tiffany McNeal, the mother of 15-year-old Damia Smith, told the Chicago Tribune last week that her daughter is fighting for her life in a children’s hospital.

“She’s holding on,” McNeal said. “They just say it doesn’t look good. But I think. I believe in god. “

Nightenagle, father of twin daughters, has listed the job over the years as a janitor, security guard and forklift operator, according to his LinkedIn page.

“He was fighting demons,” loved one, Annette Nightengale, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “He had problems.”